It's a Christmas miracle guys! The Bruins are finally (almost) fully recovered from our "the hockey gods hate the Bruins" period! Here's the updates on all of our lovely injured guys.

1. Daniel Paille: Yippee Paille! After missing 7 games, Piesy has finally been cleared to play after going 10 days without any concussion symptoms. He will finally be back in the lineup tonight against the Senators.

2. Dougie Hamilton: Dougie is still making progress with his lower body injury but Coach says he's coming along and will start skating with the team next week. With tonight's game, Dougie has missed 8 games.

There hasn't been much change in Chris Kelly or Loui Eriksson's conditions so we'll continue to keep an eye on the progress.

Niklas Svedberg - Goalie for the Providence Bruins

48 GP, 37-8-2, .925 SV% and 2.17 GAA after facing 1,384 SA

Bruins made an interesting little transfer this morning when we recalled AHL goalie Niklas Svedberg to back up Tuukka Rask tonight. He will more than likely also get the start tomorrow against the Senators.

Now before anyone starts freaking out, it has been confirmed that the Bruins have no imminent trades in the works. According to Coach, Svedberg has been "earning opportunities to get some games and we told him we would and we're going to keep that promise because he's deserving it." What all this means is we won't be saying goodbye to Johnson anytime soon.

However, looking at those stats and at his performance in last night's P Bruins game (34 saves earning him a shut out) the Bruins are damn right in giving Svedberg an opportunity because this kid has been absolutely stellar. I am a huge fan of Svedberg as a goalie. His agility and aggressiveness in the crease is reminiscent of Tuukka Rask. He has a strong glove and makes strong pads saves while proving himself capable of making those timely saves when it counts. Svedberg orients his game around being in the right position at the right time to make those timely saves so it's fantastic that he is able to quickly re position himself after blocking shots (which isn't something we often see with another back up goalie I know). Svedberg is also solid when it comes to rebound control. In my opinion, Svedberg has proven to be the superior goaltender when it comes to back up tendys.

But like I said, we're not suddenly going to switch back up goalies mid way through the season so this will just be a test of his merit playing with the big boys. For those wondering though, Svedberg is waiver exempt this season and will be a restricted free agent at the end of this season. However, if he keeps tallying these kinds of stats, that stuff might not matter because we might see Svedberg a little more often next season. Until then, Svedberg is giving the Bruins some great depth.